Table I shows the nutritional contribution made by flesh foods (i.e. meat, fish, poultry and egg products) to the diet in Britain in 1969 and underlines the importance of these foods in the supply of fat, protein and vitamins A, D and those of the B complex. It will be demonstrated that processing of these foods can cause alterations in protein availability and loss of vitamins, and these aspec...

24 Ileum and cecum microbiota of broiler chickens in response to low calcium and available phosphorous diet supplemented with fructooligosaccharide. Y. Shang*1, H. Derakhshani1, E. Khafipour1, J. H. Kim2, and W. K. Kim3, 1Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 2Poultry Science Division, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, ...

Trace minerals, such as Zn, Mn, and Cu, are components of eggs that are essential for broiler breeder performance as well as chicken embryo development [1, 2]. These trace minerals are constituents of several proteins involved in intermediary metabolism, hormone secretion, and the immune system [3] and are required in small amounts in the diet. The effects of Zn, Mn, and Cu deficiencies on bree...

P144 Influence of diet on oocyst output and intestinal lesion development in Coccivac®-D vaccinated replacement broiler breeders reared on new and used litter. L. A. Oden*1, D. J. Caldwell1, S. K. Pohl1, A. E. Klein1, S. Young2, C. Broussard3, S. Fitz-Coy3, L. Newmann3, and J. T. Lee1, 1Department of Poultry Science, Agrilife Research, Texas A&M System, College Station, 2Pilgrim’s Pride Corpora...

The consumption of ostrich meat was introduced into Europe in a relatively short time. Considered even today as an exotic meat, its inclusion in the usual sources of animal protein in our context has been repeatedly assessed, because it converge some of the benefits of poultry and red meat. Although information on their nutritional value is still limited, we have more data showing protein value...

Feed represents more than 70% of the total cost of producing live broilers. In typical broiler feeds, more than 60% of the total cost is used to provide energy. Furthermore, it is generally agreed that broilers eat to satisfy energy requirement, therefore broiler feeds are normally formulated to provide all nutrients according to diet energy content. Therefore, it is critically important to kno...

This study examined how eco-organic feed affects the growth performance, nutrient efficiency, utilisation, and body composition of gilthead seabream. Six different diets were tested, including a control diet (CONT) without organic ingredients four with 100% ingredients: trout (TRO), seabass (SBS), poultry (POU), mix (MIX), along (ORG) containing 30% fishmeal. The experiment lasted 70 days, fish...

Introduction The poultry industry has recently dealt with fluctuating spikes in the price of various feed ingredients. When the cost of protein-rich feed ingredients goes up, the reduction of dietary crude protein via the use of commercially available amino acids becomes an effective formulation strategy that can reduce diet costs, maintain broiler performance and not interfere with feed millin...

One hundred and twenty day old straight run coloured chicken (Chabro) were distributed into four treatments: T1-basal diet, T25% of basal diet replaced with Azolla meal on dry matter basis, T3Basal diet+Raw azolla after 4 weeks, T4T2+Raw azolla after 4 weeks. Average weekly weight gain of T1, T2 and T3 were significantly higher (P<0.01) than T4 birds at 2nd week. There was no significant differ...

Anticoccidial effects of green tea (GT)-based diets were evaluated in chickens following oral infection with Eimeria maxima an ubiquitous intestinal parasite of poultry that impairs the growth and feed efficiency of infected birds. Five-week-old chickens were assigned to four groups (GT 0.5%, GT 2.0%, untreated/infected and non-infected control) and each group consisted of 15 chickens. Chickens...